It's 1873 when a blizzard strands Homesteader Colman Cooper and his family in a small town. He soon learns the town plays host to an annual contest that attracts thieves and killers from far and wide. With no way out Colman finds himself pitted against seven deadly fighters in the anything goes, tooth-and-nail battle for survival known as Lead City. Before Deadwood. Before Tombstone. Before Durango. There was Lead City.
The contestants count their blessings and their cartridges. Harlan Crouch settles the quarrel between Jiao-long Ru and Wendell Walker, then sets his sights on Lady Lullaby. A wounded and desperate Colman deciphers the meaning behind Karlson's words. This discovery leads him to the secret behind the Lead City contest and a cat and mouse showdown with the last gunfighter to capture the richest prize in the West.